1 янв 1793 г. - Eli Whitney Invents
the Cotton Gin
Описание:
- Eli Whitney invents cotton gin --> King cotton becomes profitable --> cotton boom in South, boom in slavery --> NE textile mills use southern cotton
- Whitney also est. first use of factory assembly
- "American system" : low skill workers use tools and templates to make identical parts, then assemble the product later
LOWELL SYSTEM (NEW ENGLAND)
- Women hired from surrounding countryside
- Owners spread idea that these factories are better than the awful English factories
- Rotating labor means NO UNIONS
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